Timberland to pay $7 million to settle SMS spam lawsuit

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Timberland, makers of boots and outdoor wear, and GSI Commerce, the e-commerce company behind the online presence of Timberland and many other companies, might just owe you some money.

After a heap of unauthorized ad-filled text messages were sent out between January 2003 and August 2008, frustrated recipients banded together for a class action lawsuit. Though the companies insist that the blame belongs on a third-party who had been tasked with securing recipient consent, they’ve agreed to pay $7 million towards reimbursing anyone who received the unsolicited texts, with a cap of 150 bucks per recipient. That’s a lot of boots.

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DescriptionText is a messaging application that enables users to send messages to multiple people at once. All the texts are sent as silent notifications and not texting data is saved. The application was launched in July 2014.